That’s how Mayor Rob Ford signed off a mind-boggling day at Toronto city hall, a tragicomedy played out in several acts, many still to come.

Such a duplicitous dénouement. Toronto’s crackhead mayor ended months of lies about his drug use with a confession and by invoking the blessing of the almighty on the city he has so despoiled.

Know this: whatever you may fear about Mayor Rob Ford, the truth is probably worse.

A drunkard? Try a drug user, even while he pumped more money into hiring more cops to fight the war on drugs.

A deceitful man? How about a serial liar who lies about lying so he can lie some more to cover his lying.

A man who has made mistakes and is ready to move on? Not on your life. Confession only after all your cover is blown is not taking responsibility. It’s deceit.

A contrite, broken man who deserves another chance? That would be a credible plea, if Mayor Ford stepped away from the job for a few months, as city councillors begged him to, and go into rehab to fix what ails him.

A politician who has told all? “Folks, I have nothing left to hide,” he said with a straight, sullen face Tuesday.

Are you that gullible, people? After all the lies and indiscretions and deceit and contemptible mendacity? What you saw from the mayor Tuesday was an Oscar-worthy performance. Yes, he has unloaded a thousand pounds off his shoulders. Hundreds, hundreds more remain.

Ford and his brother Councillor Doug Ford waged a war against any media who dared expose his ruinous behaviour. Like cyclist Lance Armstrong and other guilty parties exposed by media, he denied the charges in such strong language as to be considered a victim.

But as his world started crumbling when police recovered the video showing him smoking from a crack pipe, the jig was up.

Again, instead of cutting his losses and doing the right thing, Ford admitted on Sunday only to being an alcohol abuser. On Monday his brother unleashed a scurrilous attack on police Chief Bill Blair. Tuesday morning Doug Ford held a news conference calling on Blair to resign.

Finally, as that strategy backfired and outraged city councillors started drafting motions to curtail the mayor’s powers, the mayor casually told reporters in a scrum that, yes, he has smoked crack.

“No, I do not do drugs,” he said immediately after admitting he smoked crack . . . “approximately a year ago” but he can’t remember because, he said, he was “probably in one of my drunken stupors.”

Is there anyone in Toronto who still believes this man? Only the deranged denizens of Ford Nation, the inner core of his supporters who care nothing about the city, its image or its future.

Sorry, folks, there is so much more the mayor is hiding. Many more revelations remain, and more apologies.

For example:

The courts are soon to release more police court documents, including the contents of police wiretaps.

Police also say they have a second video, not yet released. Ford’s knowledge of these facts may have been the impetus for him to come clean yesterday. Sort of clean.

Toronto police want to interview Ford as a follow-up to their months-long undercover investigation that targeted Ford and his drug-dealing friends. His lawyer has advised him not to be interviewed.

The ugly, despicable entrails of the Rob Ford mayoralty is now on full display for the world to see. Torontonians can be forgiven their dalliance with the most embarrassing mayor of our time. At first he was just rough around the edges, a down-to-earth suburbanite who loves food, football and fun and, more importantly, is allergic to taxes and government.

Despite ample evidence he was bad for us, we were seduced into making him our mayor.

That has proven a tragic mistake — one that has the world shaking its head in disbelief about Toronto residents’ lack of judgment.

Short of Mayor Ford being dragged away in handcuffs — and don’t discount that possibility — the bull-headed man will plow ahead and ask voters to re-elect him on Oct. 27, 2014.

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